Muthiah Muralidaran is only two days into his work as a Cricket Australia consultant coach but it is already paying dividends with Nathan Lyon revealing he is fine-tuning a new delivery under the tutelage of the all-time leading Test wicket-taker.
Lyon and Muralidaran have been working together on a variation 'flick' ball that Australia's Test spinner admits is still "a work in progress".
"I definitely can't bowl the doosra so I need to come up with something else," Lyon told cricket.com.au.
"So (Murali's) talking to me about flicking one out. I haven't named it yet, but it's a work in progress."
Lyon and Muralidaran have been working on wrist position at the point of release and Australia spin bowling coach John Davison said the experience so far had been "fantastic".
"We've got guys at different levels here," said Davison. "(Murali) loves Nathan's stock ball so for him it's working with a few variations and talking tactically and how to bowl to the Pakistani batsmen and starting to get that into his mind.
"With the younger guys more technique type things.
"It's been really enlightening for me to hear him talking about the things I've been talking to them about, so it's great reinforcement."
Cricket Australia
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